[Architect of Avalon]

What is the typical cost there?

[Steve_Seattle]

"What is the typical cost there?"

You'll be lucky to find a house in Seattle for under $450,000, and that will be a small, old house in a crummy neighborhood. An average house in a decent "middle-class" neighborhood will go from $600,000 to over a million. My parents bought their home in 1963 for $23,000. Houses on their street - some new, some old - have sold for $740,000, $910,000, $940,000, and $1,300,000 in the past year. The $740,000 house is 90 years old and has one bathroom. New townhouses three blocks away are going for $800,000. Some one-bedroom apartments are renting for $1,800/month.